Flexible conduit.



No. 893,857. 1 PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

- G. A.ILUTZ & o. 0. SIBLEY.

FLEXIBLE 'oomnun.

5 APPLICATION IILEED APR. 3, 1906.

UNITED sTAr-Es PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. LUTZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND CLARENCE C. SIBLEY, OF PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO AMERICAN CIRCULAR LOOM COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE,

A CORPORATION or MAINE.

FLEXIBLE coNDUIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ul 21, 1908.

' Application filed April 3, 1906. Serial No. 309,605.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE A. LUTZ and CLARENCE C. SIBLEY, residing, respectively,

in New York city, borough of Brooklyn, New 1 strength for permitting it to be'woun upon a mandrel if the lining is weakened before being wound, and whereby ifran attempt be made to pull the lining from the outer covering the lining will tear and prevent but a small portion from being so removed from the conduit.

In accordance with our invention we provide -a conduit with a lining and erforate the lining, preferably-by rows of oles extending across the lining at distances apart,

- so that if the linin is pulled near one end of the conduit the lining will tear along the perforations while the main part will remain in the cover.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein,

I Figure 1 is a side view of a conduit embodying our invention, part of the cover being removed, Fig. 2 is a central section of the lining, on the line 2 in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a cross section substantially on the line indicated at 3, 3 in Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals indicate like parts in theseveral views, the numeral 1 indicates a lining, shown in the form of a spirall wound strip, which may be of paper or ot er suitable insulating material, and at 2 is a cover which may be braided, wound or otherwise applied over the lining, and which may be rendered fireproof or waterproof in any well known manner.

. The strip of paper or other insulating madistances apart, whereby the lining or strip is weakened at various places. By preference, and as shown in the drawings, the rows of perforations 1 in the lining extend at an angle -to the longitudinal axis of the completed inner tube. By weakening the walls of the inner tube or lining by means of perforations, the inner surface of the tube or lining is left substantially smooth so that a conductor being drawn *throu h the same will not be liable to injure the tu e at the perforations, and likewise the outer surface of the tube or liningis substantially smooth at the perforations so as not to interfere with theprop'er braiding or other application of the cover 2- thereon.

By means of the improvements above deterial from which the tube or lining 1 is made .is provided with perforations 1, which preferably extend in series or rows at suitable scribed a flexible conduit is provided which .may be used in well known manner for receiving electric conductors, but if an attempt be made to pull the inner tube or lining 1 from the covering 2, the tube or lining will t'ear along one or more of the rows or per-,

forations, near the end of the cover, thereby preventing more than a small ortion of the ining from being, pulled from t e covering. 7 Having now described our invention what we claim is 1. A conduit comprising a covering, and a lining having series of rows of, perforations at distances apart, said rows of perforations extending at an angle to: the longitudinal axis of the conduit.

2. A conduit for electric wires comprising a covering, and a spirally wound strip of insulatin rows 0 perforations at distances apart, said rows of perforations extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis of thefconduit.

GEO. A. LUTZ. CLARENCE C. SIBLEY.

Witnesses:

T. F. BOURNE, L. SWINTO'N.

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